Kuisma Taipale (born 15 February 1970 in Veteli) is a Finnish

cross-country skier Cross-country skiing is a form of skiing where skiers rely on their own locomotion to move across snow-covered terrain, rather than using ski lifts or other forms of assistance. Cross-country skiing is widely practiced as a sport and recreation ...

. He represented Finland at the

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, where he competed in the

15 km 15km or 15km may refer to: *15km, common course in Road running Road running is the sport of running on a measured course over an established road. This differs from track and field on a regular track and cross country running over natural ...

, the 50 km, and the

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. He is the son of Hannu Taipale.

Cross-country skiing results

All results are sourced from the International Ski Federation (FIS).

Olympic Games

World Championships

World Cup

Season standings

Team podiums

* 3 podiums

References

External links

* * 1970 births Living people People from Veteli Finnish male cross-country skiers Cross-country skiers at the 2002 Winter Olympics Olympic cross-country skiers for Finland Sportspeople from Central Ostrobothnia 21st-century Finnish people {{Finland-crosscountry-skiing-bio-stub